⭐ (1 star) – Awful service, feels like a rip-off, would give minus 5 if I could.
My roommate lent me his bike to use — a bike he bought only three months ago and had ridden just 400 km. About six weeks ago( on 6.5.) the chain came off. We brought it in for repair, and instead of a simple fix, we ran into a contradiction between what Nordic's website states is covered and what Custom Bike — the repair shop itself — was willing to honor. My roommate ended up paying twice — once initially,on 6.5 and then again on Friday 19.6 for a new cassette, with no clear explanation of why a bike this new and barely used needed all this work.
When we came to pick up the bike on Friday, (after paying )it still wasn't working properly. We got terrible treatment from someone called Kell who was rude and unprofessional. Thankfully another staff member, Louis, seemed to actually care about service — he said he couldn't let us take the bike in that condition and told us he'd check it and fix it on Monday and will call on Monday (yesterday )He never called . We tried calling customer service multiple times and kept getting no answer and then the occupied sound.
Louis later mentioned he'd already complained to the owner about this exact pattern of poor service, which says a lot. There's also a younger guy, Casper, who's apparently the one actually in charge of the shop.
On top of all this, back on May 6th I went to use the bathroom and the hand towel was completely black with dirt. I pointed this out to Casper directly that this is his workplace, & not leaving it like that for everyone. He just brushed it off. It says a lot about the conditions they're willing to work and serve clients in.
The bike has been at this shop since May 6th — almost seven weeks now — and it's still not fixed. No callback as promised, no real communication, nothing. At this point it feels like the bike is just stuck there with no resolution in sight.
Overall: for a bike that's basically brand new, My roommate paid twice( at first for replacing the chain, secondly for the cassette )and still don't have it working properly. When I asked Kel if he checked it after replacing the cassette he answered me on a brush off manner of couldn't care less- 'yes' .
It feels like they're more interested in taking money than actually fixing anything. Poor hygiene, poor communication, zero accountability. Not recommended at all. Save yourself the trouble and stay away from this brand and place as anything which stops/ delays or put the customer or a product on WAIT is an enemy of that business .